---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding a Roth option to deferred compensation plans."
description: "Adding a Roth option to deferred compensation plans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 1752"
citation: "Washington HB 1752 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stokesbary"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2238a47-9871-4e6b-b78a-c539da0404e1"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1752&year=2021"
source_hash: "8323fe57c87be2e8147cd7e1642ba6605d5aba5d394d13e2237a85e9966e6810"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1752 (2021-2022) — Adding a Roth option to deferred compensation plans.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1752.htm)
2. **Engrossed Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2021-22/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1752.E.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#18) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#7) — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stokesbary — primary (person)
- Bateman — cosponsor (person)
- Bergquist — cosponsor (person)
- Callan — cosponsor (person)
- Jacobsen — cosponsor (person)
- Leavitt — cosponsor (person)
- Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Sullivan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-04T05:00:00+00:00** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2022-01-10T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Appropriations. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 3:30 PM.
- **2022-01-20T05:00:00+00:00** APP - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25T05:00:00+00:00** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-02T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 96; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2. `reading-3`
- **2022-02-08T05:00:00+00:00** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 4:00 PM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM.
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** WM - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28T05:00:00+00:00** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2022-03-02T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on second reading consent calendar. `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Third reading, passed; yeas, 46; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 3. `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03T05:00:00+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2022-03-07T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Chapter 72, 2022 Laws. `became-law`
- **2022-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Effective date 6/9/2022. `became-law`
- **2022-01-17T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-01-20T20:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 03:30 PM
- **2022-02-22T21:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 04:00 PM
- **2022-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:00 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2238a47-9871-4e6b-b78a-c539da0404e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).